Man arrested for biting off man’s ears during fight

A Hingham, Mass., man was arrested Saturday after police said he bit off pieces of a man’s ears during a fight.

Allison Manning

A Hingham man was arrested Saturday after Weymouth police said he bit off pieces of a man’s ears during a fight.

Officers arrived at South Shore Hospital at 12:30 a.m. Saturday to speak with the victim, who told them he had been in a fight with Andrew MacDonald.

During the fight, which he said stemmed from an ongoing dispute between the two, large parts of both his ears were bitten off. Friends retrieved the body parts and brought him to South Shore Hospital. He was later transferred to a Boston hospital.

MacDonald, 19, was arrested and charged with two counts of mayhem. He was released after posting $10,000 bail and was due to be arraigned on Monday.